The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new whistleblower rules became effective on Aug. 12, 2011. With the new rules, the SEC launched a new webpage for people to report violations of the federal securities laws and apply for a financial reward.

Since our article entitled Lawsuits in the Wake of Say-On-Pay, two new say-on-pay lawsuits have been filed, four of the six lawsuits covered in our original article have had changes in status, and two courts in ruling on motions to dismiss have reached opposite conclusions regarding the viability of say-on-pay claims.